The ISU Library is committed to serving students, staff, and faculty and providing for their information needs. Whether you are a resident student, enrolled in an online course, doing a study abroad, the ISU Library can provide the resources you need when you need them! This guide provides information about how material from the library can be accessed remotely.
Our goal is to provide you with library resources and services when you need them, regardless of your location. Most of our Articles & Databases can be accessed remotely.
In addition, the ISU Library's subject librarians create and update Library Guides in over 50 subjects to provide you with expert guidance no matter what you're studying. If you need help citing sources, learning about Zotero or EndNote, or trying to evaluate a journal, we have guides to help!
To login from off-campus:
Get connected to the library's electronic databases from anywhere, sign in with your ISU Net-ID.
Net-ID Login
All users with an Iowa State University (ISU) Net-ID will use the Net-ID choice to sign into the library system. In all cases, users with a valid Net-ID will use it to log into library systems. Your Net-ID is the portion of your ISU email address that appears before the @ symbol, as in: yourNet-ID@iastate.edu
The library's collections and services are available to all ISU students, faculty, and staff and Parks Library is open to the public.
